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Prepare for floods - a step by step guide

If you could be cut off by floodwater, you should think what you can do to reduce the impact on your property and the safety of your loved ones. ABC Emergency has a checklist of actions that you should consider.

Storms and severe weather

Storms can bring welcome relief at the end of a hot summer’s day, or to break a dry spell, but they can also cause widespread damage due to large hailstones, strong wind and heavy rainfall.

Dealing with power outages after an emergency

Electricity supply is often affected by natural disasters in Australia and in the immediate aftermath conditions can be dangerous for power workers with extended outages stretching to days or even weeks.

Find your nearest ABC radio frequency

In an emergency, which ABC radio station should you be listening to for up to date information? Use our frequency finder to locate your nearest station.

After The Disaster

After you've experienced a disaster, there is so much to work through. After the Disaster offers practical tips and evidence-based advice.

Bushfires in Australia

Bushfires are the most common emergencies in Australia. The fire season varies significantly from state to state which means that fires can occur all year round.

Survival kit: Things you'll need in case of an emergency

Emergency agencies recommend having a kit ready with items that will help you survive and recover from a disaster.

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Emergency Advice

Helping you recover after an emergency

After an emergency, get essential information to help you and your community recover.

Emergency details in your state

Know which agency issues emergency alerts during events like bushfires, storms and cyclones in your state or territory.

How your mobile phone could save your life

Anyone could be caught in a natural disaster — and most of us carry something in our pocket that could help us stay safe, or even alive, when it strikes.

Your guide to Australia's new, clearer emergency warnings

Bushfire warnings will be consistent across the country and clearer about how people should respond under a new system in place from December 1st, 2020.

In the News

Grants available to help Queensland home owners weather storms and cyclone-proof homes

Could your home withstand a wild weather event? If you are feeling nervous about the next wet season, a $20 million state government scheme could help allay those fears.

Source: ABC North QldTopic: Storm Disaster

Live: NSW Now: Parliamentary flood inquiry into flooding response to be made public today

MORNING BRIEFING: A report from a parliamentary inquiry into floods that hit Northern NSW earlier this year is due to be made public today.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Community and Society

Residents in parts of Wagga Wagga ordered to evacuate as floodwaters rise

The SES says if residents in risk areas have not evacuated before 6pm they may be cut off by floodwaters and it may be too dangerous for emergency crews to reach them.

Source: ABC RiverinaTopic: Weather

Three-day nightmare still fresh for fire-ravaged WA residents

Of the course of a single weekend in February this year eight homes were destroyed as bushfires tore through 50,000 hectares of land in WA. Six months later, residents are still coming to terms with what happened.

Source: ABC Great SouthernTopic: Human Interest